UBC

By Agazy Mengesha The City of Vancouver has partnered with community centres and post-secondary institutions to make them into waste collection hubs for those who can’t make it to the new Zero Waste Centre near Marine Drive Station.…

Reported by Nick Valka Although in Canadian universities there are still inequalities in pay between female and male teaching staff, the gap in the employment rate is getting smaller. According to a Statistics Canada survey done over…

Reported by Myra Dionne British Columbia has seen the highest decrease in employment insurance beneficiaries in the country which some experts attribute to a boom in the job market. According to a new Statistics Canada report, the…

Three years after the peak of fossil fuel divestment campaigns on B.C. campuses, students still have little idea how much their institutions invest in oil.

Reported by Myra Dionne A training session for administering naloxone, an opioid overdose prevention medication, was criticized by individuals who feel that harm reduction plans can lead to an increase of opioid use. The Naloxone…

Reported by Saša Lakic Researchers, advocates and medical professionals convened at the annual Spirit Plant Medicine Conference at UBC's Buchanan Building on Nov. 4 and 5 to talk about the use of psychoactive plants and drugs as an…

Reported by Duncan Anderson Several West Side food service centres listed on a city-wide map created for people to access low-cost and free food are bracing for an influx of new customers. In fact, only two of the 15 centres contacted…

Just a year ago Kieran Lumb had no idea he was going to be competing in the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Kampala, Uganda.

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict continues to be a flashpoint at the University of British Columbia, and now the B.C. Supreme Court is involved.

UBC's student union is asking for approval to sell off some of its prized $4 million art collection to reduce high insurance costs related to storing the pieces.